Xbox Addict

MEMBER PROFILE FOR Cerunan

Overall: This is a basic fighting game. Pretty basic controls but with plenty of differences between monsters to make each one unique and fun to play. The only surprising thing is that while there is custom soundtrack support, and (supposedly) forthcoming xbox live content, there is no xbox live PvP support.

Gameplay: It's a fighting game, punch the buttons and the monsters fight. You can pick up buildings and throw them at other monsters, or pick up the other monsters and throw/bash/tailslap them instead. You can also use the beam weapons that the creatures have

Graphics: crisp, and clear. It's not spectacular but also not a crappy port. Building show damage in a very simplistic way, clean -no damage, damaged, and wiped out. Basically this means that as you stomp around you can't really judge how beat up the place is. Camera angles can get extremely annoying, especially when it gets closeup

Overall: This collection is a faithful reproduction of some of the classic arcade games of the 80's-early 90's. The ability to retain high scores is a great feature, it's like having your own standup arcade. At only 29.95 this is a great deal. I picked it up for nostalgia, but this is the game I find my girlfriend playing all the time. Before she rarely played on the Xbox.

Gameplay: Gameplay is FAITHFULLY reproduced. Pac-man has that D&%$@#*ed annoying joystick delay that the standups had. The only addition that I can see is support for the vibration function in the controller-and that can be turned off.

Graphics: Visually the game is exactly like the original, so while the graphics are no where near current standards, they are accurate reproductions, as advertised. Since they tell you up front that it's a classic arcade reproduction, don't expect any 3d renders. The screens can be resized (normal, small and medium) to better suit the screen you are playing on.

Audio: Sounds are also the same as the arcade games. Again nothing spectacular was advertised, only a faithful reproduction-which this is.

Suggestions: I would to have added a historical video section with some info about how these games got developed.